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The pilot for ''Tales of Wells Fargo'' premiered on December 14, 1956, as an episode, "A Tale of Wells Fargo," on the anthology series ''Schlitz Playhouse of Stars,'' then on CBS.
The pilot for ''Tales of Wells Fargo'' premiered on December 14, 1956, as an episode, "A Tale of Wells Fargo," on the anthology series ''Schlitz Playhouse of Stars,'' then on CBS.
In the 1960-61 season, ''Wells Fargo'' was scheduled opposite ABC's detective serie, "Surfside 6" and [[CBS]]'s new sitcom ''Bringing Up Buddy,'' starring Frank Aletter. ''Wells Fargo'' and ''Surfside 6'' survived another year, but ''Bringing Up Buddy'' was cancelled. ''Wells Fargo'' was the lead-in that year to a new NBC western, ''[[Klondike (TV series)|Klondike]]'' starring Ralph Taeger and James Coburn. For its first two years, ''Tales of Wells Fargo'' was in the Top 10 Nielsen Ratings, No. 3 in 1957-58 and No. 7 in 1958-59.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1957.htm|title=TV Ratings: 1957-1958|publisher=classictvhits.com|accessdate=Feburary 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1958.htm|title=TV Ratings: 1958-1959|publisher=classictvhits.com|accessdate=February 12, 2020}}</ref>
In the 1960-61 season, ''Wells Fargo'' was scheduled opposite ABC's detective series, "Surfside 6" and [[CBS]]'s new sitcom ''[[Bringing Up Buddy]],'' starring Frank George Aletter (1926-2009). ''Wells Fargo'' and ''Surfside 6'' survived another year, but ''Bringing Up Buddy'' was cancelled. ''Wells Fargo'' was the lead-in that year to a new NBC western, ''[[Klondike (TV series)|Klondike]]'' starring Ralph Taeger and James Coburn. For its first two years, ''Tales of Wells Fargo'' was in the Top 10 Nielsen Ratings, No. 3 in 1957-58 and No. 7 in 1958-59.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1957.htm|title=TV Ratings: 1957-1958|publisher=classictvhits.com|accessdate=Feburary 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1958.htm|title=TV Ratings: 1958-1959|publisher=classictvhits.com|accessdate=February 12, 2020}}</ref>
The series can still be seen weekdays on the GRIT cable television channel.
The series can still be seen weekdays on the GRIT cable television channel.